Where does “bacille” come from?
bacille (French) comes from Latin Bacillus, from Latin -illus, from Latin -lus, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
bacille (French): bacillus
Definitions
- bacillus
Ancestry of “bacille”, step by step
bacille traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin Bacillus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | Bacillus | — |
| 2 | Latin | -illus | Used to form adjectives from nouns |
| 3 | Latin | -lus | Alternative form of -ulus; diminutive suffix |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |